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Will Rankin 1899 - 1984

Will Rankin of Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi was born on May 9, 1899, and died at age 84 years old in January 1984.
Will Rankin
Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi 39401
May 9, 1899
January 1984
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Will Rankin's History: 1899 - 1984

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  • 05/9
    1899

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    May 9, 1899
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  • 01/dd
    1984

    Death

    January 1984
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    Will Rankin lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1899, in the year that Will Rankin was born, the meaning of Chinese "oracle bones" was rediscovered. Farmers in China had been turning up the bones in their fields for generations but most often they were ground up and sold as medicine. The chancellor of the Imperial Academy and a friend noticed, before they ground the bones, that they had writing. The bones had been used around the second millennium BC for divination.
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In 1902, he was merely 3 years old when the first Rose Bowl game was played in Pasadena, California. Called the "Tournament East–West football game" at the time, the Michigan Wolverines (East) played the Stanford Indians (West) - the Wolverines won 49 - 0. (The Stanford captain requested an end to the game with 8 minutes remaining.) The Tournament of Roses Parade began in 1890 and the football game began as a way to boost tourism in the area.
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